... Sullivan’s Getting Paid: Youth Crime and Work in the Inner City he studies three neighborhoods in Brooklyn, New York: Projectville, Hamilton Park, La Barriada. ...
The physical ecology of a neighborhood has a massive impact of the amount of crime and social interaction in neighborhoods. In Sullivan’s study, Hamilton Park consisted mainly of Caucasians and the highest income level of the three neighborhoods studied and the lowest crime rate. Hamilton Park also had a stronger sense of family units in the neighborhoods and police that were diligent in fighting crime. ... The residents of Hamilton Park also had a strong infrastructure to help deter crime. Two of the strongest crime deterrents in Hamilton Park were the police and the job market. Hamilton Park residents were more willing to use the criminal justice system to control youth crime
Which was not the case of either Projectville or La Barriada. ... The youth in La Barriada began to stop attending school as soon as sixth grade and most students never made it past the tenth grade.
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